Count Tybalt's Gwent Tournament!

Find the notice inviting all to the Passiflora (Novigrad’s fanciest of brothels), where Count Tybalt is proudly hosting the fanciest of Gwent tournaments. There are fabulous prizes, and there is an entrance fee, and it requires an above-average deck. Travel across the upper square to the tall brick structure (the Passiflora), and push past the thronging crowds to the ground level, where a sneezing scribe must be talked to. Show him:

• (Gwent Deck) Your above-average Gwent deck.
• (1,000 Crowns) Your entry fee. You can’t begin until you’ve paid it.

If everything is order, the riff-raff are expelled, and you’re free to mingle with the Gwent players and their entourages prior to the start.

ALL HANDS ON DECK

What constitutes an “above-average Gwent deck”? Well, the cards in your Gwent collection is based on a system that counts specific cards (accessed by beating Gwent opponents), and assigning them a “Tournament Value”. This information isn’t shown to you.

The value can range from 0 to 7 points, depending on the card’s abilities and power. The nearby table lists every Gwent card with a Tournament Value. The higher, the better! To take part in this tournament, the sum of your Tournament Value points in your deck must be bigger than 70. It doesn’t matter if you have a few powerful cards, or a load of weaker ones.

So what’s the fastest way to reach a deck worth 70 “Tournament Value Points” or more? Beat the following opponents in the Gwent quests of this chapter! Of course, this isn’t the easiest way to reach the total, as these Gwent players a no pushover! If you’re finding them too tough, look for the cards listed in the table instead.

Opponents to Beat

Powerful Cards to Find

The following table shows the cards that have a Tournament Value associated with them. Find these first! Where are they? Check the Gwent Collecting Appendix!

Powerful Cards List

You meet one of the contestants—a comely woman named Sasha who talks to you about the rest of the players, and their hangers-on. She tells you of Patrick Hazelnut, who never goes anywhere without his three warrior women (with other talents, too). There’s Bernard Tulle, a halfling farmer. There’s Finneas, a half-elf who hates outcasts (rather odd, considering his lineage). And of course, there’s Count Tybalt himself, who is reputed to be fabulously wealthy. Mingle in the room, visiting Patrick, Bernard, and Finneas, and discover Sasha’s overviews are very accurate. Then the count appears. After laying down the rules, and randomly assigning your first opponent (Bernard Tulle), the tournament begins!